From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>,
Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
stable@kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:49:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260214014923.3899226-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260214014923.3899226-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>
[ Upstream commit 7c5c7d06bd1f86d2c3ebe62be903a4ba42db4d2c ]
The asynchronous creation of sub-groups by a delayed work could lead to a
NULL pointer dereference when the driver directory is removed before the
work completes.
The crash can be easily reproduced with the following commands:
# cd /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test
# for i in {1..20}; do mkdir test && rmdir test; done
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000088
...
Call Trace:
configfs_register_group+0x3d/0x190
pci_epf_cfs_work+0x41/0x110
process_one_work+0x18f/0x350
worker_thread+0x25a/0x3a0
Fix this issue by using configfs_add_default_group() API which does not
have the deadlock problem as configfs_register_group() and does not require
the delayed work handler.
Fixes: e85a2d783762 ("PCI: endpoint: Add support in configfs to associate two EPCs with EPF")
Signed-off-by: Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>
[mani: slightly reworded the description and added stable list]
Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250710143845409gLM6JdlwPhlHG9iX3F6jK@zte.com.cn
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 15 +++++----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
index a2b81a64fcd11..c28c3f094496a 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ struct pci_epf_group {
struct config_group group;
struct config_group primary_epc_group;
struct config_group secondary_epc_group;
- struct delayed_work cfs_work;
struct pci_epf *epf;
int index;
};
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ static struct config_group
secondary_epc_group = &epf_group->secondary_epc_group;
config_group_init_type_name(secondary_epc_group, "secondary",
&pci_secondary_epc_type);
- configfs_register_group(&epf_group->group, secondary_epc_group);
+ configfs_add_default_group(secondary_epc_group, &epf_group->group);
return secondary_epc_group;
}
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ static struct config_group
config_group_init_type_name(primary_epc_group, "primary",
&pci_primary_epc_type);
- configfs_register_group(&epf_group->group, primary_epc_group);
+ configfs_add_default_group(primary_epc_group, &epf_group->group);
return primary_epc_group;
}
@@ -561,15 +560,13 @@ static void pci_ep_cfs_add_type_group(struct pci_epf_group *epf_group)
return;
}
- configfs_register_group(&epf_group->group, group);
+ configfs_add_default_group(group, &epf_group->group);
}
-static void pci_epf_cfs_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static void pci_epf_cfs_add_sub_groups(struct pci_epf_group *epf_group)
{
- struct pci_epf_group *epf_group;
struct config_group *group;
- epf_group = container_of(work, struct pci_epf_group, cfs_work.work);
group = pci_ep_cfs_add_primary_group(epf_group);
if (IS_ERR(group)) {
pr_err("failed to create 'primary' EPC interface\n");
@@ -628,9 +625,7 @@ static struct config_group *pci_epf_make(struct config_group *group,
kfree(epf_name);
- INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&epf_group->cfs_work, pci_epf_cfs_work);
- queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &epf_group->cfs_work,
- msecs_to_jiffies(1));
+ pci_epf_cfs_add_sub_groups(epf_group);
return &epf_group->group;
--
2.51.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-14 1:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-13 12:14 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-02-14 1:49 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] PCI: endpoint: Remove unused field in struct pci_epf_group Sasha Levin
2026-02-14 1:49 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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